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This book critically engages with the contemporary breakdown of trust between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the West. It argues that a crisis of trust currently hampers intercultural relations and obstructs full participation in citizenship and civil society for those who fall prey to the suspicions of the state and their fellow citizens. This crisis of trust presents a challenge to the plurality of modern societies where religious identities have come to demand an equal recognition and political accommodation which is not consistently awarded across Europe, especially in nations which view themselves as secular, or where Islamic culture is seen as alien.This volume of interdisciplinary essays by leading scholars explores the theme of trust and multiculturalism across a range of perspectives, employing insights from political science, sociology, literature, ethnography and cultural studies. It provides an urgent critical response to the challenging contexts of multiculturalism for Muslims in both Europe and the USA. Taken together, the contributions suggest that the institutionalisation of multiculturalism as a state-led vehicle for tolerance and integration requires a certain type of trustworthy ‘performance’ from minority groups, particularly Muslims. Even when this performance is forthcoming, existing discourses of integration and underlying patterns of mistrust can contribute to Muslim alienation on the one hand, and rising Islamophobia on the other.

Social sciences. --- Religion and culture. --- Political sociology. --- Ethnicity. --- Social Sciences. --- Ethnicity Studies. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Political Sociology. --- Sociology of Racism. --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science --- Sociology --- Culture and religion --- Culture --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Sociological aspects --- Muslims --- Ethnic identity. --- Cultural assimilation. --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Islam --- Racism in the social sciences. --- Social sciences --- Culture. --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Popular culture --- Social aspects

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This book sets out an unconventional literary history of progressive Urdu poetry by Pakistani women in the twentieth century. It introduces the resilient voices of poets who tread a fine line between the secular and sacred in an Islamic society to articulate a new feminist aesthetic.

Urdu poetry --- Urdu literature --- Gender identity in literature. --- Sex in literature. --- Feminism in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Women authors --- History and criticism. --- 1900-1999

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Can Muslims ever fully be citizens of the West? Can the values of Islam ever be brought into accord with the individual freedoms central to the civic identity of Western nations? Not if you believe what you see on TV. Whether the bearded fanatic, the veiled, oppressed female, or the shadowy terrorist plotting our destruction, crude stereotypes permeate public representations of Muslims in the United States and western Europe. But these ";Muslims"; are caricatures-distorted abstractions, wrought in the most garish colors, that serve to reduce the diversity and complexity of the Muslim world to a set of fixed objects suitable for sound bites and not much else.In Framing Muslims: Stereotyping and Representation after 9/11, Peter Morey and Amina Yaqin dissect the ways in which stereotypes depicting Muslims as an inherently problematic presence in the West are constructed, deployed, and circulated in the public imagination, producing an immense gulf between representation and a considerably more complex reality. Crucially, they show that these stereotypes are not solely the province of crude-minded demagogues and their tabloid megaphones, but multiply as well from the lips of supposedly progressive elites, even those who presume to speak ";from within,"; on Muslims' behalf. Based on nuanced analyses of cultural representations in both the United States and the UK, the authors draw our attention to a circulation of stereotypes about Muslims that sometimes globalizes local biases and, at other times, brings national differences into sharper relief.

Stereotypes (Social psychology) --- Muslims in popular culture --- Popular culture

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English fiction --- American fiction --- Islam in literature. --- Muslims in literature. --- Muslim authors --- Identity (Psychology) in literature. --- Islam and culture. --- Muslim diaspora. --- Islam and literature. --- History and criticism. --- Political and social views. --- Islam in literature --- Muslims in literature --- Identity (Psychology) in literature --- Islam and culture --- Muslim diaspora --- Islam and literature --- History and criticism --- Political and social views --- English fiction - Muslim authors - History and criticism --- American fiction - Muslim authors - History and criticism --- Muslim authors - Political and social views

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This book critically engages with the contemporary breakdown of trust between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the West. It argues that a crisis of trust currently hampers intercultural relations and obstructs full participation in citizenship and civil society for those who fall prey to the suspicions of the state and their fellow citizens. This crisis of trust presents a challenge to the plurality of modern societies where religious identities have come to demand an equal recognition and political accommodation which is not consistently awarded across Europe, especially in nations which view themselves as secular, or where Islamic culture is seen as alien. This volume of interdisciplinary essays by leading scholars explores the theme of trust and multiculturalism across a range of perspectives, employing insights from political science, sociology, literature, ethnography and cultural studies. It provides an urgent critical response to the challenging contexts of multiculturalism for Muslims in both Europe and the USA. Taken together, the contributions suggest that the institutionalisation of multiculturalism as a state-led vehicle for tolerance and integration requires a certain type of trustworthy 'performance' from minority groups, particularly Muslims. Even when this performance is forthcoming, existing discourses of integration and underlying patterns of mistrust can contribute to Muslim alienation on the one hand, and rising Islamophobia on the other.

Sociology of culture --- Sociology of minorities --- Political sociology --- Sociology --- Politics --- Social sciences --- History of civilization --- minderheden --- sociologie --- cultuur --- politiek --- sociale wetenschappen --- racisme --- Islam --- Race. --- Culture. --- Political sociology. --- Race and Ethnicity Studies. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Political Sociology.